page_title: Haydock Collieries
section_title: Collieries
hierarchical_section_title: Haydock Collieries / Collieries
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail, Haydock Mining Disasters Memorial In the graveyard of St James' Parish Church
context_page_description: Haydock Collieries were collieries situated in and around Haydock on the Lancashire Coalfield which is now in Merseyside, England. The company which operated the collieries was Richard Evans & Co Ltd.
context_section_description: The company owned several collieries in and around Haydock. Among them were:
  Brynn Brynn Pit opened around 1870 and lasted until 1919.
  Downhall Green Downhall Green commenced winding in 1860 and lasted for 25 years.
  Edge Green Pit opened before 1830 and finished winding coal in 1920.
  Engine Engine Pit began winding in 1853 and finished in 1854.
  Golborne Colliery Golborne Colliery was started by Edward Johnson in 1878 and bought by Evans and Company in 1880. It was still working 100 years later. In 1975 nearly 1000 men worked at the pit taking coal from the Crombouke, Lower Florida and Ince Six Feet mines.
  Haydock Colliery After the colliery closed, its workshops became the NCB Workshops. Its single-cylinder beam engine, used to drive the machinery until 1954, has been preserved.
  King Pit King Pit opened in 1891. It was connected underground to the Princess, Queen and Legh Pits.
  Legh The Legh Pit opened in 1855 and closed in 1911.
  Lyme Pit Shaft sinking started at Lyme Pit in 1876 but was abandoned because the ingress of water could not be overcome by the technology of the time. Work recommenced in 1912 but was interrupted by the onset of the First World War. Work resumed in 1919 and the first coal was produced in 1922. The colliery had three shafts. The downcast shaft, No 1 was 395 yards (361 m) deep and wound coal from the Florida seam. The upcast shaft No 2, wound coal from the Potato Delf and Wigan Four Foot seams and No 3 shaft was used for pumping.
  The Lyme Pit disaster occurred in February 1930 killing 13 men. In 1964 419 miners and 187 surface workers were employed. The pit closed in March that year.
  New Boston Colliery The colliery was sunk in 1854 and lasted until 1910.
  New Whint New Whint began winding coal in 1853 and finished a year later.
  Newton Colliery Newton Colliery was operational in 1896 and was nationalized in 1947.
  North Florida Pit was sunk in 1861 and wound coal until 1870.
  Old Boston The Old Boston Pit began winding coal in 1868 and closed in 1952. On 29 June 1900, eight workers were killed when pockets of gas were encountered while shaft sinking. The deepest of its three shafts reached 476 yards. The pit closed after an underground fire in 1952. From 1953 until 1989 the pit-head buildings were used as the Area Training Centre for miners.
  Old Fold Old Fold commenced winding coal in 1850 and closed in 1864.
  Old Whint Old Whint began winding coal in 1853 and closed the same year.
  Parr Colliery Nos 1 and 2 shafts were sunk in 1871 and wound coal until 1926. Nos 3 and 4 shafts were sunk in 1893 and finished winding coal in 1931. No 3 shaft was possibly the Havannah Pit which opened in 1863 and closed in 1889.
  Pewfall Pit Pewfall Pit opened in 1860 and closed in 1911.
  Princess Pit Princess Pit began winding in 1892 and was worked until 1920. It was linked underground to the King, Queen and Legh Pits.
  Queen Pit Queen Pit opened before 1849 and closed in 1920. On 26 December 1868 an explosion killed 26 workers. It was linked underground to the King, Princess and Legh Pits.
  Ram Pit,  sunk in 1901, never went into production because of flooding.
  Wood Pit Wood Pit was sunk in 1866 An explosion on 7 June 1878 killed 189 men and boys. It closed in 1971.
caption: Haydock Mining Disasters Memorial at Saint James' Parish Church, Haydock
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